Announcing the Applied AI Conference 2018

As a leading Venture Capital firm focused on Applied AI, BootstrapLabs will bring together the Artificial Intelligence community once again for a day of incredible speakers and exciting conversations.

The global network of experts we’re bringing together have unique backgrounds from research, entrepreneurship, investment, business transformation, and more. They’ll share insights on how to take advantage of AI’s powerful potential and the future impact across a breadth of sectors, including Transportation, Logistics, Energy, Healthcare, Finance, the Future of Work, and Cybersecurity.

Don’t forget to take advantage of our very limited super early bird tickets right now (save $1000) and don’t hesitate to contact us if you’re interested in speaking or sponsoring AAI18 at info@bootstraplabs.com.

Elon Musk finally admits Tesla is building its own custom AI chips

And gives us the news that god-like machines will take over within a decade Elon Musk has revealed that Tesla, his electric automobile company, is developing its own custom chips for its driverless cars Read more.

Using Artiﬁcial Intelligence to Augment Human Intelligence

By creating user interfaces which let us work with the representations inside machine learning models, we can give people new tools for reasoning. Read more.

Why AI is entering its golden age

The quest to give machines human-level intelligence has been around for decades, and it has captured imaginations for far longer — think of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in the 19th century. Artificial intelligence, or AI, was born in the 1950s, with boom cycles leading… Read more.

The State of AI in Montreal – Startups, Investment, and What it Means for the City

In the last 12 months, Montreal has arrived on the world stage as an epicenter for machine learning and artificial intelligence. The city’s extraordinarily high density of AI talent isn’t new, but the demand for machine learning is, and the proverbial “tech spotlight” is now shining bright on this very French Canadian city. Read more.

Artificial Intelligence, False Gods, and Driverless Everything

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has succeeded by being far-seeing; it’s a field where proponents began by envisioning a computer that can take over functions of the human brain, like computation and logic. Today the field has progressed… Read more.

Will Robots Take Our Children’s Jobs?

It is not just Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking who are freaking out about the rise of invincible machines. Yes, robots have the potential to outsmart us and destroy the human race. But first, artificial intelligence could make countless professions obsolete by the time my sons reach their 20s. Read more.